Statue of Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, farmer general and South African politician. During the First Boer War (1880-1881), De Wet proved his prowess in several battles. After the war, he is elected several times to various parliaments or people's councils, but never takes a long seat in them as he moves frequently. During the Second Boer War (1899-1902), he is promoted to general and again manages to record several successes and victories. At the end of the war, he is even temporarily acting president of the Orange Free State. De Wet belongs to the faction that wanted to fight to the bitter end, an attitude expressed in 1914 during the Maritz rebellion. The rebellion fails and De Wet is captured and convicted, but is pardoned after only six months. He retires from political life and finally dies on his farm at Klipfontein in 1922. In the same year, Helene Kröller-Müller had this statue of him erected. The statue of Christiaan de Wet is erected in a large open space of the National Park De Hoge Veluwe. This photo was taken on a sunny late summer day in 2022.
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